Auto Associate Customization

Integration with Other Applications > Creo Parametric – Windchill Integration > Administration and Configuration > Configuring Windchill for Interoperation with Creo Parametric > Auto Associate Customization

You can customize Auto Associate functionality in the following ways.

• Set server-side preferences to automatically find matching Windchill parts using the CAD document base number.

• Modifying the implementation of the AutoAssociatePartFinderCreator interface

• Modifying the implementation to search for Customized parts or custom parts

• Customizing the Type of CAD documents that can be actively associated

• Preventing the creation of Parts by Auto Associate

• Controlling the default location of parts created by Auto Associate

Preferences that control naming and numbering of parts created during Auto Associate are discussed in the section Managing CAD Document and WTPart Naming and Numbering, and also listed in the table of Auto Associate preferences in the section Operation Preferences, along with the preferences discussed in the following sections about Auto Associate customization.

For more information, see Customizing Auto Associate